RCA BD1900 manual Using the Audio Features, Using Closed Captioning, Listening to the Audio

Using the TV’s Menu System and Features

Using the Audio Features

Your TV/DVD is equipped with a feature known as multi-channel TV sound. MTS broadcasts greatly enhance TV viewing by bringing you programs with high fidelity stereo sound. MTS also provides an extra channel called the Separate Audio Program (SAP) which broadcasters can use to transmit a second language for bilingual transmission or for other purposes.

Listening to the Audio

You can select the desired sound by pressing the AUDIO button on the remote control.

Repeatedly pressing the AUDIO button scrolls through the available options:

SEL. STEREO

SEL. MONO Plays the sound in mono only; no display appears on the screen. Use this setting when receiving broadcasts with weak stereo signals.

SEL.STEREO Splits the incoming stereo audio signal into left and right channels. Most TV programs and recorded materials have stereo audio. The word STEREO appears on the screen when you tune to a program that is broadcast in stereo.

SEL.SAP (Second Audio Program) Plays the program’s audio in a second language, if one is available. The word SAP appears on the screen when you tune to a program that is broadcast with SAP information. SAP is also used to broadcast a program’s audio with descriptions of the video for the visually impaired.

SEL. MONO+SAP Plays the program’s audio in a second language, if one is available in mono--this option is seldom available.

Using Closed Captioning

Many programs are encoded with closed-captioning information, which lets you display the audio portion of a program as text on the screen. Closed-captioning is not available on all channels at all times. Only specific programs encoded with closed-captioning information are applicable. When a program is closed-captioned, CAPTION CH1 is displayed when you bring up the displays with the SUBTITLE button.

Tip

For television programs broadcasting with Closed Captions, look in your TV guide for the Closed Captions symbol (CC).

The TV/DVD offers four closed-captioned modes, including two text modes. To select the closed-caption modes, press the SUBTITLE on the remote to switch among CAPTION CH1, CAPTION CH2, TEXT CH1, TEXT CH2. The selected mode remains in effect even if the channel is changed.

Notes: Generally the caption modes are transmitted in languages. CAPTION CH1 is displayed in English and CAPTION CH2 displays the other languages.

The text modes cover nearly half of the picture on the screen to display the closed- captioned text. Most broadcasters use the Channel 1 to display a few lines of captions at a time.

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